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I lay there on the pull-out couch too tired to move, too wired and twingy to sleep. I had finished Western States 100 only 6 hours earlier, accomplishing a career long goal to get to the finish line. It had taken me 3 entries and 2 starts (the first year I gained entry the race was cancelled). I had earned the finish line.

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Start lines are ubiquitous in this sport. They live in races, workouts, alarm clocks, the Sunday long run, saying no so you can say yes, lying on a PT table, stepping out your front door, walking into the gym. Literally everywhere. 2016 was about toeing those lines with grit.